Last 2 days, Mumbai witnessed the massive terror. And we all are shocked looking at the live coverage of the same. All media channels are covering the terror and twitter updates are full of live updates about the terror. Amidst all this high drama, India also witnessed demise of one of its greatest sons. Former PM V. P. Singh known for championing the rights of the country’s poor, died Thursday after a long battle with illness.
The man always symbolized simplicity. He lived a simple life when he was PM. He lived a simple and silent life when he wasn’t PM. He was never in news for making fancy quotes. He was never in news for making offensive or criticising statements against political counterparts. And he was never in news for anything but the fight for poor, farmers.
And he did find a silent death for himself. Exactly the way he lived his life. There was just a small foot tip at news channels declaring death of the man. The final rituals of the man happened, again in total silence. No news channel really trying to cover it. No story about the life of the great man. Actually its not fault of the media. The media wants to cover what their audience wants to watch. In the end its all about TRP. So much so that the media did not even cover the blasts at other two location of Mumbai {Vile Parle and Mazgao}. The news channels surely know that when it comes to news, Sex and terror are two topics which sell more than anything else. And this was one of the best opportunities for Media to cash on the terror in minds of every Indian.
The night when terror started, I was looking for an advertisement on news channels. And there was not a single. Every channel was busy in building up TRP which they will use later in the times coming. The funniest part of the game was terrorist calling up India TV for an interview. I don’t really understand why in all news channels did the terrorist select India TV. I would have definitely gone for BBC or CNN. Or was it that no other channel accepted the offer to interview the terrorist and that’s why they had to reach to the biggest loser in the Indian Media.
Anyways, coming back to the main topic, let’s lead tribute to “great son of India” and a “builder of the nation” Mr V P Singh. May his soul rest in peace…!!!
You may be correct about the views about V P Singh, but I don’t think in the same lines……..ok let’s forget it……..and yeah I’ve read many posts about Mumbai event………………………and the interview thing of terrorist is funny